Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an EdTech Startup to Over $5M

LanguageBird CEO Karyn Koven has built a technology-enabled business that is already over $5M in revenue and sits at the cusp of a tremendous scaling opportunity by leveraging AI. If you are mulling AI startup ideas, this kind of tech-enabled service that is fully optimized with AI could create tremendous value. Sramana Mitra: All right,

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Startup Cambodia: The Accelerator Conundrum

The Accelerator Conundrum is a multipart series that challenges the prevailing wisdom of the tech startup ecosystem that entrepreneurs should Blitzscale out of the gate. Written by Sramana Mitra, the Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator, it emphatically argues that a better strategy is to

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: JP Persico, shuckerVC (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s do one more example of what you’ve invested in.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator AI Investor Forum: JP Persico, shuckerVC (Part 1)

Jean-Philippe ‘JP’ Persico, Cofounder and Managing Partner at shuckerVC, discusses his firm’s investment thesis.

Startup Taiwan: Local Accelerators – Pros, Cons, and Comparison to 1Mby1M

The Accelerator Conundrum is a multipart series that challenges the prevailing wisdom of the tech startup ecosystem that entrepreneurs should Blitzscale out of the gate. Written by Sramana Mitra, the Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator, it emphatically argues that a better strategy is to Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later, focus on

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Roundtable Recap: September 25 – Top-Down TAM is Useless

During this week’s roundtable, we had five pitches from entrepreneurs. I keep repeating myself: Top-down TAM doesn’t matter. You must come up with Bottom-Up TAM. If you need help, please upload your slide deck to our AI Mentor and ask for help modeling TAM. Daksha First up, today, we had Manuj Gupta from Noida, India,

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An Overview of Startup Accelerators in Goa: Why 1Mby1M Leads the Way

By Kaushank Khandwala (with research support from Dr. Shilpa Kalamani Bawkar and Sathwika Goje) The Accelerator Conundrumis a multipart series that challenges the prevailing wisdom of the tech startup ecosystem that entrepreneurs should Blitzscale out of the gate. Written by Sramana Mitra, the Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator,

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Startup Africa: Why the 1Mby1M Global Virtual Accelerator is a Gamechanger for Africa Startup Accelerator Ecosystem

This article is an overview of a series of articles summarizing Africa Startup Accelerator Ecosystem – their incubation and acceleration infrastructure, compare 1Mby1M to what’s available and educate African entrepreneurs on how to work with Silicon Valley from day zero. Africa startup accelerator ecosystem is buzzing with immense potential. From the vibrant tech hubs of

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